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Acceptability of home self-tests for HIV in New York City, 2006
Julie E Myers1, Sara Bodach, Blayne H Cutler
1Julie E. Myers, Sara Bodach, Blayne H. Cutler, and Colin W. Shepard are with the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Julie E. Myers is also with the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York. Christopher Philippou is with the Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Bernard M. Branson is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Abstract:
Data from a 2006 telephone survey representative of New York City adults showed that more than half (56.2%) of those aged 18 to 64 years responded favorably to a question about acceptability of a rapid home HIV test. More than two thirds of certain subpopulations at high risk for HIV reported that they would use a rapid home HIV test, but approximately half who expressed interest had indications of financial hardship. The match of acceptability and HIV risk bodes well for self-testing utility, but cost might impede uptake.
